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Post by hnk373431 on May 26, 2006 15:01:13 GMT -5
Here is a new NCAA transfer rule - one that apparantly coaches were not even familiar with. A student-athlete who earns an undergraduate degree in four years but still has one year of eligibility remaining -- a medical redshirt, for example -- can transfer into another college's graduate school and finish his or her career there ... immediately. No sitting out a year. It's graduate, transfer and play. Not sure how many players this could effect this year in the A-10. Would tend to benefit schools with varied graduate programs though. www.sportsline.com/collegebasketball/story/9459096
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Post by LumsdnA10Academc98 on May 30, 2006 23:46:43 GMT -5
Doyal uses former La Salle guard Gary Neal, now at Towson and the nation's returning leading scorer, as an example using the term "free agent." Allegedly UConn and Oklahoma are lining up for Neal's services. Go figure. Also, I guess Canada has a similar rule among its schools.
Over the last few years the idea of a fifth year of eligibility has been tossed around basketball circles, and coaches seemed to favor that idea a lot more than this senseless rule, especially according to this article. If the fifth year plan ever goes through, there's no way the NCAA could ever keep this new rule, if it even last this long. The five-year idea was proposed to make a more level playing field for mid-majors, but this would eliminate any such advantage.
Note: This is not what anybody had in mind by "Free Peaches."
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